Thursday, January 31, 2013

To cover or not: Employers weigh health insurance options

Ventura County Star
Company number crunchers are stressed. Workers twist in limbo. But health insurance advisers predict that when employers master the new math and consequences of Obamacare, most will opt to keep providing coverage. The online insurance exchange, the marketplace that is a cornerstone of federal health care reform, starts Jan. 1. So does the mandate that all California companies with at least 50 full-time equivalent employees face penalties if they don’t provide insurance that pays for at least 60 percent of their workers health care costs.